Lagos -Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give priority to speedy completion of the overhauling and expansion work going on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to prevent incessant road accident.
Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the Director of the NGO, made the appeal in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
He said that the expressway is notorious for traffic congestion due to its deteriorating state, adding that the road had claimed the lives of hundreds of Nigerians.
He made the remark while commenting on the death of Mr Femi Kehinde, Managing Editor, African Examiner, an online newspaper from a car accident which occurred on the road on July 23.
“We denounce the lackadaisical attitude of past regimes to road maintenance and urge Buhari to expedite action on the road in order to drastically reduce waste of lives.
“Kehinde’s death is a great loss particularly at a time when a silent revolution is raging and seasoned journalists are needed to contribute their wealth of experience to the re-engineering of the Nigerian mind-set.
“He died when Nigeria needs him most,’’ the statement quoted Akintola as saying.
Akintola condoled with the family, management and staff of the African Examiner, the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Guild of Editors.
“We pray that Almighty Allah spreads His comforting umbrella over the heads of members of his family, his colleagues, the entire members of the NUJ and the Guild of Editors. (NAN)